Cobbler's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1986. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Cobbler's Cottage

WRENN ID
pitched-banister-smoke
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 July 1986
Type
Cottage
Address
Cobbler's Cottage, 35, Farm Lane, Great Bedwyn, SN8 3LU
OS grid reference
SU 279 646
Coordinates
51.38033, -1.60044
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Cobbler's Cottage is a 17th-century cottage that has been altered in the 18th century and extended in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond and features a thatched roof with both hipped and gabled ends, along with a brick stack at the right end. Originally, the cottage likely had a two-room plan, with the right room serving as a hall-kitchen that included a gable end fireplace accessed directly from a front doorway. The unheated left room was later divided into two rooms, with the left side functioning as a cobbler's shop until the 20th century.

The cottage is one storey with an attic and has an asymmetrical front with two windows. The 20th-century windows are two-light casements with glazing bars, and there are small attic windows beneath eyebrow eaves. A central glazed door is present, while the left end features casements on both floors with leaded panes and a plank doorway to the left. The thatched roof at the rear extends over a single-storey outshut, and there is also a 20th-century thatched roof wing at the back.

Inside, the right room contains a chamfered axial beam without stops and a 20th-century fireplace. The smaller left room has a boxed-in axial beam and an early three-board door. A stud partition separates the two rooms, extending up through the first floor and tie-beam. An old plaster ceiling conceals the roof structure, which was not inspected.

Local climate

Cobbler's Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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